Above, a Kabuki play scene, showing a woman washing the feet of another, watched by a man; below left, the changeling 'Jizō' (Kshitigarbha); below right, an 'entertainment woman' (geisha?) standing on a jetty on the Sumida river at Mukōjima. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with bottom right design by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.

  • Kawanabe, Kyōsai, 1831-1889.
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[1870?]
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567349i
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view Above, a Kabuki play scene, showing a woman washing the feet of another, watched by a man; below left, the changeling 'Jizō' (Kshitigarbha); below right, an 'entertainment woman' (geisha?) standing on a jetty on the Sumida river at Mukōjima. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with bottom right design by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870.

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Above, a Kabuki play scene, showing a woman washing the feet of another, watched by a man; below left, the changeling 'Jizō' (Kshitigarbha); below right, an 'entertainment woman' (geisha?) standing on a jetty on the Sumida river at Mukōjima. Colour woodcut by Kyōsai, with bottom right design by Mōsai (Yoshitora), ca. 1870. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The upper design shows a scene from a Kabuki play 'Adachigahara', based on a local story. The image below of 'Jizō', depicts the changeling diety as an old man pulling down his eyes and mouth. The lower right design shows a geisha (?) awaiting a boat on the east bank of the Sumida at Mukōjima, with the Matsuchiyama temple and hill seen in the distance, beyond the river

Publication/Creation

Edo [Tokyo] : [publisher not identified], [1870?]

Physical description

1 print : woodcut, printed in colours ; sheet 35.5 x 23.9 cm

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Lettering

Includes set title, various artists' signatures, censor's seal, block cutter's mark and publisher's mark Lettering in Japanese

Notes

In a set of prints called: Modern sights of Tokyo. Each print comprises two or three scenes set in Tokyo, often containing a fantastic or comic element. The designs are by Kyosai, his pupils and contemporaries

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Wellcome Collection 567349i

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